petroleum
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Formed in 1960, OPEC’s members, representing 90% of world petroleum reserves, implemented a 1973 oil embargo, causing prices to surge.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Prices of petroleum products in Switzerland were up 17% on year, with inflation also driven higher by air transport and international package holidays, the statistics agency said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Prices of petroleum products surged in April, highlighting the pass-through from higher global energy costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Including commercial inventories, total U.S. petroleum stocks declined by 13.3 million barrels on the week.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
He arrived at the Rad Lab skeptical about electromagnetic separation, having been convinced of the superiority of gaseous diffusion by his technical advisors, who came from a petroleum industry familiar with that technology.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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